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Liberal West Middle Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

500 North Western

Liberal KS, 67901, Seward County

Phone: 620-604-1400

Ranking:

(905 out of 973, bottom 7%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Liberal Unified School District 480

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	30		29		27		26		26		26		26
Total Students:	361		362		357		330		333		332		339
Grade 7:	179	49.6%	186	51.4%	173	48.5%	180	54.5%	151	45.3%	171	51.5%	166	49.0%
Grade 8:	182	50.4%	176	48.6%	184	51.5%	150	45.5%	182	54.7%	161	48.5%	173	51.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	173	47.9%	172	47.5%	174	48.7%	168	50.9%	170	51.1%	154	46.4%	177	52.2%
Female:	188	52.1%	190	52.5%	183	51.3%	162	49.1%	163	48.9%	170	51.2%	158	46.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.4%	5	1.4%	6	1.7%	3	0.9%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Asian:	12	3.3%	10	2.8%	8	2.2%	9	2.7%	13	3.9%	14	4.2%	12	3.5%
Hispanic:	237	65.7%	232	64.1%	212	59.4%	199	60.3%	175	52.6%	177	53.3%	190	56.0%
Black:	7	1.9%	9	2.5%	8	2.2%	8	2.4%	12	3.6%	18	5.4%	22	6.5%
White:	97	26.9%	101	27.9%	115	32.2%	103	31.2%	117	35.1%	122	36.7%	114	33.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.8%	5	1.4%	8	2.2%	8	2.4%	14	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	206	57.1%	207	57.2%	191	53.5%	177	53.6%	154	46.2%	146	44.0%	141	41.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	12.2%	37	10.2%	34	9.5%	35	10.6%	44	13.2%	40	12.0%	45	13.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.24		12.70		13.35		12.69		12.81		12.80		13.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78.18%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.18%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	53.99%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.94%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.03%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.44%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.91%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.86%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.75%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.38%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.53%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.92%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.32%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.78%	N/A	N/A
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	46.51%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.11%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.14%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.38%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.51%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.67%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.77%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.71%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.13%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.01%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.99%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	36.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,970.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,764.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,022.0

* Liberal West Middle Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.